A plane in the air posseses gravitational potential energy or stored energy. If the pilot shuts the engine off the plane releases that energy.
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Any object that is higher than ground level in earth's gravitational field has potential energy stored in it. Examples: 1. A plane or bird in the sky 2. A parachutist 3. Water stored in a dam, or water tanks at some height above earth's surface 4. A satellite orbiting Earth
Two of the biggest areas of energy study in high school physics is kinetic energy (energy of an object that is moving) and potential energy (the potential of an object to do work - such as being being at the top of an inclined plane). However there are MANY other forms of energy.
gravity of earth is constant in any plane but the acceleration may vary becoz of irregular plane
Energy is transferred into an inclined by effort
The kinetic energy of an object varies as the square of its velocity (Kinetic energy = mv2/2). So a plane with the same mass travelling at 3 times the velocity will have 9 times the kinetic energy.